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Flood Fence.

No. 78,633. Paterifed June 2,1060.

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Letters Patent No. 78,633, dated'June 2, 1868 IMPROVEMENT IN FLOOD-FENCE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE WOOD, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have .invented a new and useful Improvementin Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- i Figure 1 is a perspective View, and- Figure 2 is a vertical section.

The same letters in both figures are used to indicate identical parts.

My improvement relates to the construction of a fence tobe used on creek-bottoms, which are liable to .overflo\v,'and consists in the arrangement of posts in such manner that the fence, swinging upon its lower board as a pivot, shall yield to the pressure of the current of water, and being prostra'ted, but not liable to be swept away, will require only to be set up again after the subsidence of the flood.

In the annexed drawing, A. is a panel of fence, formed by vertical pickets and transverse hoards or-bars, to which they are nailed, so as to form each panel independently of all others. The lower board, B, is constructed with journals, which are received into round holes in the posts G O, which are driven firmly into the ground, being so fixed in position that they may sustain the strain of the current pressing against the panel.

D D are braces, pivoted to the ends of the panel, and on which the panel rests, it being inclined towards the direction from which the water fiows and resting upon the braces, the ends ofwhich are inserted into the ground only far enough to prevent their Slipping. I

E :is an embankment of earth or stone, pluced' immediately above the fence, and rising gradually until its summit is a little above the bar B, so that the force of the current may not be directed against the fence, when prostrated, as it will be by the descending floods, b'ut'be diverted upwards, and carried over the fence, so as toreduce the strain upon the posts,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Thefence-panel A, the'lower bar, 13, of which is pivoted to posts 0, and which is supported in an inclined position by braces D, when arranged in relation to the embankment E, to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have'signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

VALENTINE WOOD.

' Witnesses:

JOHN S; HOLLINGSHEAD, JOHN D. BLOOR. 

